Fact-check: “Hillary Clinton, through her campaign, funded the Steele Dossier.”
Verdict: Mostly True (88% confidence)
Multiple primary sources — including Federal Election Commission enforcement records (MUR 7449), a Perkins Coie General Counsel letter, congressional testimony from Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson, and the DOJ Inspector General report — document that Hillary for America (the Clinton campaign committee) paid Perkins Coie, which in turn paid Fusion GPS, which then hired Christopher Steele to produce the reports collectively known as the Steele Dossier. The claim is substantially accurate but req…
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